Do you know Oregon's first lady?

Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes made news recently after revelations of an
illegal marriage she entered into and a plan to
illegally grow marijuana on a property purchased in the 1990s, as well as a
state ethics inquiry into her dealings with her environmental consulting group, 3E Strategies. The flurry of reports has been a headache for her fiancé, Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, who finds himself in a close reelection battle against Republican Dennis Richardson. How well do you know Cylvia Hayes?

C. Former Vice President Al Gore. Gore, perhaps the most high-profile climate activist in the U.S. since leaving the White House in 2000, trained Hayes in delivering lectures on climate change.

2. Hayes said she was most excited to meet who during a 2011 visit to the White House?
A. President Barack Obama
B. First lady Michelle Obama
C. Vice President Joe Biden
D. Bo, the Obama's dog

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B. First lady Michelle Obama. In an email to friends and reporters, Hayes wrote at the time that she had already met the president and wanted to meet the first lady. “You look so beautiful,” Michelle Obama told Hayes. Hayes said she wanted to give the first lady “a high-five and [tell] her to keep kicking butt,” but decided to simply thank her instead.

4. Hayes told NPR that she didn’t have what in her childhood home?
A. Cooking supplies
B. Books
C. Running water and electricity
D. Enough food

C. Running water and electricity. Hayes’ family had financial struggles while she grew up in the Cascade foothills near Seattle. “My family lived for a time without running water or electricity,” she told NPR. “And I wound up on my own at 16 at an early age, and really struggled financially for most of my life.”

3. How many times was she married before her illegal marriage to Abraham B. Abraham in 1997?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

C. 2. Court records show that she divorced her first husband, Todd Hayes, in 1989 and her second husband, Doug McCarthy, in 1996. McCarthy said that he, liked Kitzhaber, was unaware of her marriage to Abraham. “I didn’t even know she got married again,” he told the Willamette Week. “That’s news to me.”

5. What is the age difference between Kitzhaber and Hayes?
A. Just over 7 years
B. Just over 12 years
C. Just over 20 years
D. Just over 25 years

C. Just over 20 years. The governor turned 67 in March and Hayes turned 47 in August.

D. Soccer. Hayes played on the women’s team at Evergreen State College in Olympia, where she earned academic and athletic scholarships.

7. What job did she NOT do before attending college?
A. Auto mechanic
B. Machine operator
C. Chicken catcher at a poultry farm
D. Dental assistant

A. Auto mechanic. Hayes, whose mother left the family and whose father she describes as having a drinking problem, left home at 16 and worked a number of jobs before college.

8. Hayes ran for what office in 2002?
A. Senate
B. House of Representatives
C. State Legislature
D. Portland City Council

C. State Legislature. Hayes made an unsuccessful bid for the Oregon State Legislature in 2002. She ran as a Democrat. Kitzhaber and Hayes met during her campaign, according to The Associated Press, and he appeared at a campaign event for her.

9. Hayes received a ticket for what violation?
A. Speeding
B. Driving without a seat belt
C. Driving while intoxicated
D. Using a parking pass only for law enforcement

D. Using a parking pass only for law enforcement. In December 2013, Hayes received a ticket for using a state police parking pass on her personal Toyota Prius. A Kitzhaber spokesman told the Williamette Week that “it was a mistake” and that Hayes intended to put a Portland city parking pass on her window, though city permits are exclusively for government cars, according to the Week.

10. She has authored several columns for which journalism outlet?
A. The Huffington Post
B. POLITICO
C. The New York Times
D. The Oregonian

A. The Huffington Post. Hayes has written seven columns — many of which deal with climate change and energy issues — for the website.